#9C8B30#9C8B30

#9C8B30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.111 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B30
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 69.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -4.37, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 49.15, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0165 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.111 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4775, 25.7477, 6.5289)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B30 #30419C

analogous

#9C5530 #9C8B30 #779C30

triadic

#9C8B30 #309C8B #8B309C

tetradic

#9C8B30 #309C55 #30419C #9C3077

square

#9C8B30 #309C55 #30419C #9C3077

split-complementary

#9C8B30 #30779C #55309C

monochromatic

#3E3813 #6D6122 #9C8B30 #C5B144 #D4C573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9C8B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B30

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B30	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.111 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6e',
    500: '#9c8b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b30;
$custom-light: #bcac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63471,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B30

secondary

#6C79BC

accent

#62DC4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B30

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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